Environment and land

An academic has warned that foreign investors will receive too many privileges under the Eastern Economic Corridor Bill, which could lead to serious land problems in the Eastern region. Decharut Sukkumnoed, the lecturer at Faculty of Economics Kasetsart University, said there were alarming issues regarding ...

The transfer of technology is at the heart of Eastern Economic Corridor and it is crucial to allow foreign investors some privileges to move the country’s economy forward, the head of the development group says. There has been concern that extended land-leases and other privileges for ...

Almost 200 hectares of bamboo in 40 villages of eight districts in Huaphan province are under attack by the yellow-spined bamboo locust, with the area being sprayed with insecticide to prevent the locusts spreading to croplands. Head of the province’s agriculture sector, Mr Siviengsab Phengphomma, ...

The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed action to combat a drastic drop in pork prices over the past year due to illegal imports of live pigs from neighbouring countries. The price of pork averaged about $2 per kg last year. That has now dropped to $1.25 ...

Reports that 40 pigs smuggled into the country from Vietnam had been diagnosed with blue-ear disease were incorrect, according to Banteay Meanchey province’s agriculture department. The pigs were being taken to be resold in Poipet town on Saturday when police stopped the vehicle carrying them. ...

Rice millers have taken up less than a quarter of a $27 million emergency loan fund to stabilise prices of the grain, blaming late disbursement for the poor take up. Following a price crash last year, the government told the Rural Development Bank to disburse the ...

A project second phase to manage and sustainably use fisheries and aquatic natural resources in Siphandone area is underway to benefit some 20 villages of Khong and Mounlapamok districts, Champassak province. Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and  World Wide Fund ...

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has targeted that Thai rice will secure 70 per cent of the Hong Kong market this year. Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said on Thursday that during Somkid’s four-day visit to Hong Kong that began on Wednesday, he and the Thai ...

The government will use tougher measures to regulate concession projects by withdrawing land if no progress is made on the proposed project, while also pushing for authorities at various levels to participate in the process. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on behalf of the government made ...

Phnom Penh City Hall on April 27 washed its hands of the decade long contentious Boeung Kak lake issue, saying it was closing its conflict resolution process, leaving seven families who had refused to accept the government’s offers in the lurch. Following the signing of a ...